PSA: Don't do Christmas

[MixMasterLar]

You're seeing Christmas swag in stores early because times are tough and corporations need you to have a pavlovian response to spend money. They've literally conditioned us to spend money when you see Christmas memorabilia since before we could even talk, and they want it sooner and not later.

Don't worry about feeding corporate America because a hundred years worth of peer pressure makes you feel guilty for not getting others gifts/"being in the spirit"

Take finicial care of YOURSELF this year instead.

#SkipTheHolidays2022

[ToonE156]

bruh it ain't even September yet im already seeing Halloween stuff hung up. But Christmas? Hell nah bro wtf

[gold stinger]

It's been a routine thing year after year that we don't set up a Christmas tree but celebrate it regardless. Why? Because:

a.) it's a lot of work to set up & take down a tree and people are lazy.

b.) trees (both artificial & real) are expensive, and have been getting more expensive. No reason to shill out the money for one when it can be used elsewhere.

[ositzxz369]

Ol' Chrissy? I barely even know her!

[MixMasterLar]

Originally Posted by ToonE156

bruh it ain't even September yet im already seeing Halloween stuff hung up. But Christmas? Hell nah bro wtf

Already seeing ornaments in stores

Radio was also playing Christmas music once an hour last month too. Granted, it was this sorta ironic Christmas-in-July but, but still

I also saw Halloween stuff like days before 4th of July at Family Dollar altho in our area that was the extent of it

Anyway long story short don't let yourself be peer pressured

[justin]

Was in hobby lobby the other day, they've got an interesting mixture of Halloween, fall/Thanksgiving, and Christmas stuff all through the store lol.

[ToonE156]

Originally Posted by gold stinger

It's been a routine thing year after year that we don't set up a Christmas tree but celebrate it regardless. Why? Because:

a.) it's a lot of work to set up & take down a tree and people are lazy.

b.) trees (both artificial & real) are expensive, and have been getting more expensive. No reason to shill out the money for one when it can be used elsewhere.

YOU WOULDNT DOWNLOAD A TREE

[XelNya]

Typically stores set holidays up about three months out, it actually makes sense if you're seeing some stuff early / about now.

Dunno if I agree with the idea of skipping Christmas because corporate because TBH if you only align it with gift giving /receiving you're doing the holidays wrong imho.

I'm still gonna enjoy the holiday as I always have.

[s1rnight]

christ is born MONSTER TRUCKS FOR my whole family

[_choof]

i'll be celebrating hanukkah this year under the assumption that i'll get more pairs of socks

[MixMasterLar]

As not Jewish person, the best part of child me's Hanukkah experience were the Rugrats specials on TV

[ToonE156]

ok fr tho, anyone who falls for this shit is a victim of wallet natural selection at this point

they should not be trusted with a bank account

[radioamor]

Wait, are you implying that multinational corporations exist and operate not in the interest of the consumer, but rather their own bottom line? Please do regale us with more of this extremely novel information!

[XelNya]

Originally Posted by ToonE156

ok fr tho, anyone who falls for this shit is a victim of wallet natural selection at this point

they should not be trusted with a bank account

Aren't you not even old enough to have an account on your own?

Do you really get to go off saying this rofl

[ToonE156]

Originally Posted by XelNya

Aren't you not even old enough to have an account on your own?

oh I'm old enough to have one (I have friends my age who have bank accounts), I just don't have one myself

Originally Posted by XelNya

Do you really get to go off saying this rofl

yes

[PhantomPuppy]

your friends have their parents' bank account* tad different when you're working for your own money.

but for christmas spending agreed. buy a pair of snazzy socks for your family, but other than that skip the decorations and shit

[XelNya]

Originally Posted by ToonE156

oh I'm old enough to have one (I have friends my age who have bank accounts), I just don't have one myself



yes

Based off you not having one, actually, no.

[ToonE156]

Originally Posted by PhantomPuppy

your friends have their parents' bank account* tad different when you're working for your own money.

They literally have jobs lol. Some are family businesses but 90% are for other companies or stores

Originally Posted by XelNya

Based off you not having one, actually, no.

still a yes

bruh if we're on the same page that spending upwards of $100 on holiday stuff 3 months before it actually happens is dumb then what's the point of arguing about this lol

[Funnygurl555]

i........... don't want a lot for christmas....................

[MixMasterLar]

Originally Posted by ToonE156

ok fr tho, anyone who falls for this shit is a victim of wallet natural selection at this point

they should not be trusted with a bank account

For those who can measure their age in decades, there's a little more to it then just seeing ads and impulse spending.

But all I want to really express are just two points:

•Don't feel pressure into overspending, you don't have to prove your love to your love ones every holiday season

•Don't feel bad if your love ones don't do shit for you this holiday because they probably just can't. Let people opt out without pressure

Originally Posted by radioamor

Wait, are you implying that multinational corporations exist and operate not in the interest of the consumer, but rather their own bottom line? Please do regale us with more of this extremely novel information!

Sometimes you got to acknowledge the basics to help build to the point, man.